Change of Pace by Amanda Tilton
Two weeks' notice is too long, I can burn some bridges. I’m leaving, there isn’t another option. He gave me no other choice. I will send an email in the morning. I quit and good riddance. I just have to…
I pick up my phone.
“Hi mom,” my voice breaks, all the walls I had built starting to crack, “can I come home?”
I hear breathing, and maybe crying. I haven’t spoken to her in at least a month, what if she says no? After what feels like forever in silence I hear her whisper “of course.” That was it, those words the final blow to the emotional fortress I had been living in. A sob broke through my chest as relief flooded my body.
“I’ll be there tomorrow.”
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I started to recognize landmarks on this old country road. Although others may not have recognized them, I did. A county road my childhood best friend lived on, an abandoned barn I tried to explore as a teenager and stepped on a nail, the...
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I pick up my phone.
“Hi mom,” my voice breaks, all the walls I had built starting to crack, “can I come home?”
I hear breathing, and maybe crying. I haven’t spoken to her in at least a month, what if she says no? After what feels like forever in silence I hear her whisper “of course.” That was it, those words the final blow to the emotional fortress I had been living in. A sob broke through my chest as relief flooded my body.
“I’ll be there tomorrow.”
****
I started to recognize landmarks on this old country road. Although others may not have recognized them, I did. A county road my childhood best friend lived on, an abandoned barn I tried to explore as a teenager and stepped on a nail, the...
View full stories
Summary: A young woman decides to leave her job and returns to her childhood home, where she reunites with ol...
Review: A heartwarming tale of rediscovering friendship and finding solace in familiar places. The story cap...
Get full Summary and Review on Shopee as low as 0.083!